HF 470 (LSB 2375YH (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE 470

BY  MITCHELL

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to upgrading and expanding current lagoon-based wastewater treatment systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455B.199D  Lagoon-based wastewater treatment systems —— upgrades and expansion.
   1.  For purposes of this section, “municipality” means the same as defined in section 455B.29.
   2.  The department shall provide a person offering wastewater disposal or treatment services to a municipality or other community currently served by a lagoon-based wastewater treatment works with information regarding options to upgrade or expand the existing lagoon-based wastewater treatment works to meet discharge requirements. The information provided shall include available advanced technologies including biological treatment options.
   3.  The person offering wastewater disposal or treatment services shall conduct an analysis of available options to meet wastewater discharge requirements, including the construction or installation of a new wastewater collection or treatment facility, connection to an existing wastewater collection or treatment facility outside the municipality or community, and upgrading or expanding the existing wastewater collection or treatment system. The analysis shall include an examination of the feasibility and the cost of each option.
   4.  If upgrading or expanding the existing wastewater treatment system is feasible and cost effective and will enable the system to meet the discharge requirements, the department shall provide for a necessary variance to regulation in the same manner as provided in section 455B.199B to allow the entity to implement such option.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of natural resources to provide information regarding options to upgrade the existing treatment works to meet discharge requirements to a person offering wastewater disposal or treatment services to a municipality or community currently served by a lagoon-based wastewater treatment works. The information must include available advanced technologies including biological treatment options. The person shall conduct an analysis, including feasibility and cost, of available options to meet the discharge requirements. If upgrading or expanding the existing system is feasible, cost effective, and will meet the discharge requirements, the department shall provide for a necessary variance to regulation in the same manner as provided in Code section 455B.199B to allow the person to implement the option.